R2 - Where Are You?Droid Beacons with Xamarin

Chris Riesgo#bcn13droid

Chris Riesgo / @chrisriesgo

Senior Software Developer / @LeanKit

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mobile, web, xamarin.android, .net, homebrewer

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What are beacons?

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What are beacons?

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Micro location

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What are beacons?

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Micro location

● UUID Broadcast

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What are beacons?

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Micro location

● UUID Broadcast

● Extremely low energy usage

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Android → iBeacons

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Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Radius Networks

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Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Radius Networks

● Android iBeacon Service

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Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Radius Networks

● Android iBeacon Service

● Xamarin - i can haz? :(

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Xamarin

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

MonoShared code

C# → NativeCross-platform

MonoDevelop → Xamarin Studio (IDE)MonoDroid → Xamarin.Android (Android)MonoTouch → Xamarin.iOS (iOS/Mac)

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Xamarin.Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Xamarin Bindings (C# Wrappers)

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Xamarin.Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Xamarin Bindings (C# Wrappers)

● Reuse existing Java libraries (.jar)

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Xamarin.Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

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Xamarin.Android → iBeacons

Droid Beacons with Xamarin

● Xamarin Bindings (C# Wrappers)

● Reuse existing Java libraries (.jar)

Xamarin Android iBeacon Service

DEMO

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“R2 - Where Are You?”

Q & ADroid Beacons with Xamarin

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Chris Riesgo / @chrisriesgo

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github.com/chrisriesgo

Links and resources related to today’s demo found at:

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